Domestic abuse victim claims her ‘evil’ ex-boyfriend poured insecticide over her and set her on fire when she refused to have sex with him

Macarena Alba claims she suffered five years of horrific abuse at the hands of her former lover 44-year-old Matias Soljan

By Maryse Godden

29th August 2017, 3:56 pm

Updated: 29th August 2017, 3:56 pm

AN alleged domestic abuse victim in Argentina claims her "evil" ex poured insecticide over her and set her on fire after she refused to have sex with him.

Macarena Alba, 39, claims she suffered five years of horrific abuse at the hands of her former lover 44-year-old Matias Soljan.

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Macarena Alba claims she suffered five years of horrific abuse at the hands of her former lover

The mum-of-two has now filed a lawsuit against him over the allegations in the city of Paso del Rey in Buenos Aires.

Macarena said that in 2012, she was left with horrific scars after she was brutally attacked by Soljan for not sleeping with him.

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She claims her ex Matias Soljan, pictured, set her on fire after she refused to have sex with him

She claims after she turned him down, she went to the toilet but when she came back, he was waiting for her with a big tin of the flammable substance and poured over her.

He then set her alight, she claims, but said she managed to extinguish the fire by rolling around on the floor.

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Macarena was left with horrific scars over the alleged attack

When police arrived at the home, Macarena took the blame herself at the time, saying she was fearful of any further attacks.

She underwent a number of surgeries and grafts for her skin and says her fingers in the left hand have been permanently left in scissor form.

"After he set me alight, I was told that when I arrived to the hospital doctors thought I was going to die," she said. "I was in the surgery room three times per week, where doctors removed skin from legs to rebuild arms, cheek and face. It was a suffering I cannot explain."

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She added:"I wanted to die. At the hospital I was not allowed to look at me at the mirror.

"They knew that if I did it the recovery process was going to stop because everything depended on my mood."

Macarena said she finally plucked up the courage to leave her abusive relationship after her daughter came to her and said he had been sexually abusing her for years.

She said: "It was like in the movies, I started fainting, I vomited. I wanted it to be a lie".

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Macarena underwent a number of surgeries and grafts for her skin

The distraught mum said she had left him several times but always went back, mainly for the sake of their two children, now aged nine and ten.

She says he also threatened to take the children from her and run.

The couple met at a festival where they worked in Paso del Rey.

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The mum-of-two before the alleged attack

Macarena said: "He was very jealous but at the beginning it seemed not to be serious. He started pushing me, then, dragged my hair and then slapped me. As he noticed I did not defend myself and that I forgave him, he was stronger any time.

"He even chased me with a knife. He wanted to stab it in my belly and I put my hand to protect it.

"It bleed a lot and the children were in front of the attack, crying. Another time he chased me with a wire that was used to hit me. His pleasure was to see me corner."

Police are investigating her claims.

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